Necktie



F' K-BLANCHARD HECKTIE Filed De"- 26. 1925 l Sept 14 1926.

Patented Sept. 14, 1926.

, UNITEDr STATES- EREDERICK x. BLANCHARD, or `NEW RocEEL'LE, NEW YORK.

NECKTIE. -i

Application lfiled December 26, 1925.- Serial No. 77,802. l

-Neckties of the four-in-hand type, many years agowere made withoutlinings and were formed by folding and refolding a the same resiliency and flexibility in order that the completed scarf shall have the feeling and other characteristics of a scarf made wide piece of silk fabric to produce a rela'- wholly and entirely of a folded and re-folded 00 tively narrow tie. A tiesomade is formed with a number of VVfoldsor layers 'of fabric which give the tie thickness` or body andy add 'greatly to its attractiveness and durability. The silk fabric of the tie was cuton the bias so that the completed tie wasY rendered longitudinally resilient, a feature that is very desirable in a. necktie.l Such ties are, however, very expensive to make owing to the large 'amount of silk fabric required to foa'm them.

In order to cheapen their manufacture, fourin-hand ties are n'ow formed of a piece of silk fabric of only suiiicient width to form a tubular body of Ione thickness of fabric. This tlbular body is` lined for a portion of l0 its length with a strip of cheaperand more substantial fabric of approximately the shape of the finished tie, in order to give thickness to the tie. This lining is stitched along the central seam at the back of the tie. i5 Frequently 'a longitudinal pull upon the tie 4 breaks this stitching and 'loosens the lining.-

The lining strip, owing to the manner in whichl it is secured within the body of the tie, frequently bunches at the knot-forming n portion thereof and gives the tie a'wrinkled appearance.

It is the main object of this invention to provide a sca-rf of the four-in-hand type which shall possess all ofthe advantages of the single-piece, unlined, folded scarf and \which shall be made up without-theinterposed lining `and therefore will avoid all of the diiiiculties and disadvantages inherent in a lined, single folded tubular four-in-hand scarf.

5 piece folded and re-folded scarf.

Another object of the invention is to provide a four-'inhand scarf the knot-forming portion of the body of which will consist of folded and re-folded bias cut fabric, the

50 fabric folded within .the outer layer or covering being formed of cheap material bias,

cut and stitched to the longitudinal edges of the main body of the scarf. Preferably the threads of the added material will -run in .55 the same direction as the threads of the main body of the scarf and will be of substantially important object and advantage single piece of bias cut fabric.

Another important object and advantage of this invention is that the meeting edges of the folded outer fabric are stitched to? drawn tight and securely .interlocked Thev tight stitches are preferably forni'ed with the same thread that is usedfor the loose or slip Stitching so that the thread at suitable intervals along the seam is securely locked or tied to the fabric of the scarf, the seam being loosely stitched together between the interlocked points. The purpose of this is to permit the scarf material to yield readily while at the same time should the thread be broken the seam will not rip entirely, the lripping or 'breaking of theseam being confined to the space between two adjacentv interlocked point-s.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a view. of the inner side of the-scarf withall of its 'parts `\unfolded; A i* Fig. 2 aview of the knot-tying portion of the `'scarf and a portion of the neckband thereof showing the attached iside wings folded in over the body of the scarf;

Fig. 3 a view similar to Fig. 2 showing the final fold of one side of the knot-forming portion of the scarf;

Fig. 4 a. View of the rear-Side 01% back of a complete scarf; and

Fig. 5 a detail sectional perspective view,

the section being taken through the knotforming portion of the scarf.

Referring to the various parts by n umerals, l designates the outer body portion of tending, side edges of the knot-forming portion of the scarf are permanently stitched side wings or extensions 6. These wings are of resilient or stretchable matei rial, such as a thin woven fabrid cut on the bias. These side wings `prefera`bly have Substantially the same resilient characteristic as the body of the scarf. They are narrow at the ends adjacent the neckband portion of the scarf and gradually widen to their outer ends. They are stitched throughout their length to the edges of the body of the scarf by lines of stitches 7 so that said wings are permanently and firmly attached along one of their longitudinal edges to the body of the scarf. The side wings may be made of any vsuitable flexible resilient and comparatively soft fabric. The best result will be obtained by the use of a fabrichaving somewhat the characteristic of bias cut -silk so that the scarf will have the feeling an'd appearance of being made up wholly of a single piece of bias cutqsilk fabric.

In folding the scarf to its final form the wings 6 are first folded inwardly against the inner side of the body of the scarf, one of said wings overlying the other as shown clearly in Fig. 2. A strip 8 of thin nonstretchable material is laid in the neckband portion of the scarf, as shown in Fig. l. This strip is preferably cut on the straight so that it is non-resilient and will serve as a thin strengthening lining for the neckband. If desired this neckbandstrip 8 may extend into the smaller end of the scarf and serve as'a lining therefor. Any suitable form of lining may be used for the smaller en'd of the scarf. It is manifest that, if desired, a side wing may be attached to one or both of the longitudinal edges o-f the smaller end of the scarf and said side wings may be folded in to give body and thickness to the smaller end of the scarf if desired. After the si'de wings have been folded in, as illustrated in Fig. 2, the body of the scarf is folded over to bring the outer longitudinal edges together at the center of the back fold of the scarf. In Fig. 3 one half of the body of the scarf, and one half of the neckband portion of the scarf is shown as folded to its final form. In Fig. 4 both sides of the body of the scarf are shown as having been folded inwardly to final form and stitched together, the meeting edges forming a longitudinally extending seam running substantially theentire length of the scarf. In the neckband lportion of the finished scarf the front and back folds of the outer body or casing are stitched to-gether by lines ofl stitches 9, said stitches running through the non-resilient reinforcing strip 8 to form a strong, thin and substantially non-stretchable neckband portion.

The overlapping edges of the body of the scarf which forms the longitudinally extending seam are stitched together loosely by means of a thread l0, said thread being preferably applied-by hand sewing. At intervals along the seam the thread is firmly bound to the seam by a number of closely arranged tightly drawn stitches so that the seam thread is firmly locked to the fabric at intervals but is loosely stitched to the fabric in between the locked points. The oints where the seam thread is locked to the fabric is indicated at 1l in Figs. 4 and 5.

A scarf made up in accordance with this invention will be soft and resilient throughout the knot-tying portion. The folded in side wings will have the same, or substantially the same, feeling and resiliency as the exterior silk fabric of the scarf. The

wings along the longitudinal edges of the scarf will give to the scarf a full rich thick appearance along its edges, so that while the body of the scarf might be made of thin. silk it- Will have thev feeling and appearance of a heavy thick silk fabric. In the completed scarf the lines of stitches 7 are at the longitudinal center of the back of the scarf,

as shown clearly in Fig. 5, so that the inner folded wings are permanently and tightly stitched to the outer fabric of the scarf at the longitudinal center of the back fold. This permanently holds the folded wings in position within the scarf While at the same time not interfering with or reducing the resiliency of the scarf because the wings and the body of the scarf, as hereinbefore stated, have substantially the same stretch or resiliency.

The thread 10 will not materially interfere with the resiliency of the back fold of the scarf, the loose stitches yielding to a longitudinal strain. Should the thread 10 be broken the interlocked stitches 11 will confine the ripping to the space between two interlocked points and will prevent the seam ripping throughout its length. This is important because in the ordinary scarf, where the seam is loosely stitched throughout its length when the seam thread is broken the entire seam will rip and the scarf will become unsightly if not entirely unfit for use.

What I claim is l. A method of making a necktie, whichv necting together the gether the said overlapp'ingmarginal edges of the body and sidewings along their lengths, folding the said opposite marginal' edges of the body rearwardly along longitu inal lines spaced inwardly from said i stitching toy dispose the side wings upon the outer body'of` the tie along the opposite longitudinal edges of its knot-forming portion;

g face of the body from theirV points of stitching; folding the body,

and with it the lining pieces',` rearwardly` alongv longitudinally spaced lines; and conrearwardly ,folded edges of the body by stitching. Y y

3..-A necktie comprising an 'outer 'body formed of an elongated sheet of fabric folded into flat tubular formv andi having its opposite longitudinal edgesstitched together to form a seam atthe` back of thetie; and

w pair of lining pieces vlocated within thed knot-forming portion of the' tie and each attached along one of its-longitudinal edges 'tn the. said body adjacent the seam thereof, v said lining plecesnextendlng in oplposite di e interior rections from said seam, around t ,inturned marginal edges of the body, and couering the inner surface of the tubular knot-forming portion, the said lining pieces being unattached to the front portion of the finished tie.

' 4. A necktie comprising an outer body formed of an elongated sheet of fabric folded into flat tubular form, the opposite longitudinal marginal edges of said sheet being folded inwardly and joined together to ferm a seam at the back of the tie; and

a pair of fabric lining sheets located within .the knot-forming portion of the body and each stitched along one edge to one of said of the body, said lining sheets extending .in opposite directions from Said back seam around theinterior ofthe body,` covering the inner surp disposing said linirn pieces to' extend in-` wardly over'tle inner face of the tubular .knot-forming portion and overlapping at the inner face of the front side of said portion along their longitudinal edges, the said loverlapped longitudinal edges being free. f 5. A folded scarf comprising a body portion formed of fabric, the longitudinal edges of the bodyportion meeting in a seam'ex-v tending longitudinally of the -scarf at the back fold thereof, and a thread loosely connecting together said meeting edges, said thread at suitable intervals being permanently fixed to the fabric against reeying, the

loose stitches extending between the interlocked points.` v Y In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature. I

FREDERICK K. BLANCHARD. 

